RESTING RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY or MUGA (Multigated Acquisition)

DATE: 1/9/2006

PROCEDURE:  Following IV administration of autologous red cells labeled in vitro with 99mTc pertechnetate, gated equilibrium images were acquired in the left anterior oblique (LAO), anterior (ANT), and left lateral (LAT) projections.  Computer estimated left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was calculated from the total counts in the end-systolic and end-diastolic left ventricular regions with background correction.

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL DOSE: [30] mCi

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with [...]. The patient is referred to Nuclear Medicine for evaluation of cardiac function.

COMPARISON: None

FINDINGS:

The right and left ventricles are of normal size and shape.  Left ventricular wall motion is concentric and normal in all regions.  Right ventricular motion is within normal limits. Calculated left ventricular ejection fraction is […]%.

CONCLUSION:

Normal right and left ventricular chamber sizes.

Normal right and left ventricular segmental wall motion.

Calculated left ventricular ejection fraction is […]%.

Thank you for referring this patient to the UCLA Nuclear Medicine Clinic.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.